News – A horrific video has emerged on social media showing the cold-blooded murder of a young couple from Pakistan’s Balochistan province, who allegedly got married against their families in an “honour” killing.
Comment –
Let there be no confusion, and no cultural excuses.
Honor killing is not Islamic.
It is not a part of Shariah.
It is a major sin, a crime, and a violation of every moral and legal teaching of Islam.
The Holy Qur’an tells us.
“Whoever kills a person, unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land, it is as if he has killed all of mankind.”
Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:32)
This young couple did not spread corruption. They did not commit murder. Their only ‘crime’ was to marry by their choice, a right explicitly granted in our faith.
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said,
“A woman cannot be married without her consent.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari)
Islam protects the individual. It uplifts the weak. It defends the voiceless. It does not allow a brother, uncle, father, or tribal elder to declare himself an executioner.
What happened in Balochistan is not a religious tragedy.
It is a tribal one.
A tragedy of cultural ego, not Islamic justice.
Let us now turn to the elephant in the room-
Pakistan.
A country that claims Islam, quotes the Holy Qur’an, and yet rules by taghoot, have riba (interest) based economy, take interest based loans from IMF, having nothing as per Islam in their state machinery, is bound to allow the blood of innocent and most vulnerable especially women to stain its soil again and again, with no consequences.
Let us be clear,
Pakistan is not ruled by Islam.
It is ruled by chaos, by taghoot!
A system rotting with tribalism, corruption, and cowardice, wearing the garb of Islam to deceive.
To the scholars who remain silent on such an oppressive system, and preach only “akhlaaq” this is the reality right infront of you, even basic akhlaaq cannot exist if the system is so chaotic!
Allah commands in surah nisa (The women) ayah 135
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚ إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًۭا فَٱللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن تَلْوُۥٓا۟ أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۭا ١٣٥
“O believers! Stand firm for justice as witnesses for Allah even if it is against yourselves, your parents, or close relatives. Be they rich or poor, Allah is best to ensure their interests. So do not let your desires cause you to deviate ˹from justice˺. If you distort the testimony or refuse to give it, then ˹know that˺ Allah is certainly All-Aware of what you do.”
We must end the confusion between culture and Islam.
We must demand true Islamic justice, not tribal rulings.
Before the advent of Islam, Arab society lived in a state of Jahiliyyah, a time of ignorance, tribal arrogance, and moral chaos. Women were seen as property. Infanticide of daughters was common. Honor was defined by tribal pride, not moral integrity. Sound familiar?
What people are witnessing today in cases like the Balochistan honor killing is not a new tragedy,
It’s a resurrection of Jahiliyyah, the pre Islamic ignorance! It’s the exact mindset Islam came to eradicate.
The Holy Qur’an directly condemns the irrational obsession.
“And when one of them is given tidings of a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief. He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.”
Surah An-Nahl (16:58–59)
Replace “burying daughters” with “executing sisters and wives” and it’s the same sickness, updated with guns, and cell phone cameras.
When the Prophet ﷺ brought Islam, he turned the entire tribal worldview upside down.
Instead, Islam established a radical redefinition of honour.
“Indeed, the most noble (honorable) of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.”
Surah Al-Hujurat (49:13)
Real Honour in Islam is
Taqwa (God-consciousness), Justice, Truthfulness, Protecting others’ rights.
Dishonor, in Islam, is not a woman choosing her spouse for nikah.
Dishonor is, committing injustice, using religion as a smokescreen for sin.
Those who commit honor killings are not warriors defending faith.
They are slaves to their own fury, spiritually bankrupt, morally lost, and deeply insecure.
They fear what people will say more than they fear what Allah Al-Adl will do to them.
The irony is brutal,
In trying to protect their “honor,” these men drown themselves in dishonor in the sight of Allah Al-Adl.
You cannot claim Islam while acting like pre-Islamic pagans. You cannot recite the Shahada and then rewrite divine law to fit your wounded pride.
“Is it the judgment of Jahiliyyah they desire? But who is better than Allah in judgment for a people who are certain [in faith]?”
Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:50)
Let’s address this as well,
In many households, if a young man or woman says, “I like someone,” the reaction isn’t guidance, support, or even curiosity.
It’s shock, rage, punishment, or worse, character assassination.
Instead of saying-
“Let’s talk. Is this person good for your deen, your future?”
Parents often say,
“Astaghfirullah! You’ve brought shame to this family!”
As if mere attraction or mere interest in someone for the sake of nikah, is some sort of betrayal or zina.
So where does this emotional repression come from?
Not Islam.
It comes from, families treating attraction like zina. Jahilliya cultures that value “reputation” over truth.
Parents who fear society more than they trust their own children.
When we see a woman take her last seven steps, wrapped in dignity, before a coward with a gun ends her life, we are not witnessing an isolated crime. We are witnessing the full collapse of understanding, the failure to distinguish Islamic values from cultural rot.
True honor is in standing before Allah with clean hands and a just heart.
May Allah Al-Ma’ani – The Shielder bless the ummah with the righteous system that honours and shields the most vulnerables.